2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, "Go, marry a

promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is

guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord." 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim…

Hosea 1 : 2-3

1 And the Lord said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is

an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other

gods and love cakes of raisins." 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and

a homer and a lethech of barley. …

Hosea 3 : 1-5

3 And I said to her, "You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the

whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you." 4 For the children of

Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. 

Hosea 3 : 1-5

5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his

goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 3 : 1-5

Hosea’s painGod’s problemGomer’s Price

Hosea’s painGod’s problemGomer’s Price

"Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an

adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord."

Hosea 1 : 2

19 I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion.

20 I will betroth you in faithfulness.

Hosea 2 : 19-20

Why would God say that being in a relationship with him is like

being in a marriage?

a. Marriage is demanding

"I had a boss moment the other day. I was doing a press conference and they keep asking me what it was like to be married, and I said, 'Being married is

not my achievement. My achievement is producing this film and having a producing deal

with a major studio—that is my achievement.'""Everyone shut up after that. It was really nice."

a. Marriage is demanding

b. Marriage is exposing

a. Marriage is demanding

b. Marriage is exposing

c. Marriage is transforming

Hosea’s painGod’s problemGomer’s Price

"…for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord."

Hosea 1 : 2

 And the Lord said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is

an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other

gods and love cakes of raisins."

Hosea 3 : 1

Hosea’s painGod’s problemGomer’s Price

So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and

a lethech of barley.

Hosea 3 : 2

And I said to her, "You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man;

so will I also be to you."

Hosea 3 : 3

This matters because it shows us that as much as we need God our King to rule us, and we do,

and as much as we need God our Shepherd to guide us, and we do, we need the intimate

love of God as our spouse to heal us.

Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord 

and to his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 3 : 1-5